Machali, world's oldest and most celebrated tigress dies
Aug 18, 2016, at 06:38 pm
Jaipur, Aug 18 (IBNS) : Machali, the world’s oldest tigress in the wild, died on Thursday in Ranthambore National Park in Rajasthan, Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje confirmed the news on Twitter.
Rhino horn verification begins in Assam
Aug 11, 2016, at 10:40 pm
Guwagati, Aug 11 (IBNS) : The much anticipated Rhino horn verification begun on Thursday at Golaghat as the expert committee have started physically verifying the genuineness of every single rhino horns with the help of the Directorate of Forensic Science.
Kolkata: Large Rock Python rescued from train at Sealdah station
Aug 10, 2016, at 11:22 pm
Kolkata, Aug 10 (IBNS): The Government Railway Police (GRP) and Railway Protection Force (RPF) on Wednesday rescued a rare species Rock Python from an express train at Sealdah Railway Station in Kolkata, reports said.
PETA calls on National Green Tribunal to ban 'manja' nationwide
Aug 10, 2016, at 11:17 pm
New Delhi, Aug 10 (IBNS): People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India filed a petition yesterday afternoon, just before Independence Day, urging the National Green Tribunal to ban all forms of the sharp kite-flying strings called manja nationwide. As PETA India warns, manja – which is often coated with glass, metal, or other sharp objects – poses a lethal threat to humans and animals alike.
One-horned rhino poached in Kaziranga National Park
Aug 04, 2016, at 01:09 am
Guwahati, Aug 3 (IBNS): A one-horned rhinoceros poached in Kaziranga National Park on Wednesday.
239 one-horned rhinos poached in Assam in past 16 years
Jul 22, 2016, at 12:57 am
Guwahati, July 21 (IBNS): A total of 239 one horned rhinos have been poached in Assam in past 16 years.
Two rock python hatchlings unveiled in Kolkata zoo
Jul 18, 2016, at 05:36 pm
Kolkata, Jul 18 (IBNS): The Zoological garden in Alipore, Kolkata, unveiled two hatchling rock pythons on Saturday – World Snake Day.
Rhino protection: Assam govt to appoint 104 forest constables
Jul 03, 2016, at 04:17 am
Guwahati, July 2 (IBNS) : To protect wild animals, including one horned rhinoceros,, and to fight against poachers, Assam government decided to appoint 104 forest constables.
Assam CM instructs officials to take all measures to protect rhino
Jun 23, 2016, at 12:31 am
Guwahati, June 22 (IBNS) : Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Wednesday directed the DCs and SPs to take all possible measures to protect the rhinos.
Poachers killed second rhino in past 7 days in Kaziranga
Jun 19, 2016, at 11:23 pm
Guwahati, June 19 (IBNS): Poachers continued its killing spree in Assam’s Kaziranga National Park (KNP) as another one horned rhinoceros was killed at the world heritage site on Saturday night and fled with its horn, officials said on Sunday.
IG Wildlife explains departmental stance on human-wildlife conflict
Jun 10, 2016, at 06:48 pm
New Delhi, June 10 (IBNS): In the wake of the controversy that erupted from the killing of almost 200 nilgai or blue bulls in Bihar, Inspector General Wildlife, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Dr. S. K Khanduri, issued a formal statement on human-wildlife conflicts, on Thursday.
Maneka Gandhi and Prakash Javadekar locked in debate over nilgai culling
Jun 09, 2016, at 06:21 pm
New Delhi, Jun 9 (IBNS): Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar and Union Women and Child Welfare Minister Maneka Gandhi are locked in debate over the culling of nilgais that have been identified as crop depredators, according to media reports.
Rhino poached in Kaziranga during Ministers' visit
Jun 08, 2016, at 05:38 pm
Guwahati, June 8 (IBNS) : Poachers killed another one-horned rhino in Assam's Kaziranga National Park (KNP) on Tuesday night when the state forest minister and two of his cabinet colleagues were present in the sanctuary.
UN reiterates need to tackle illegal wildlife trade after tiger cub bodies found in Thailand
Jun 04, 2016, at 03:02 pm
New York, June 4 (Just Earth News): Following the discovery earlier this week of 70 dead tiger cubs, as well as tiger skins, talismans and other wildlife parts, in a Buddhist temple in Thailand, two United Nations agencies have said those circumstances represent only a “tiny proportion†of the extent of an illegal trade in wildlife that is pushing species to the brink of extinction.
Thailand: 30 more tiger cubs found dead, toll reaches 70
Jun 03, 2016, at 05:01 pm
Bangkok, Jun 3 (IBNS) A day after wildlife officers found carcasses of 40 tiger cubs in a freezer in Thailand's Tiger Temple, they recovered 30 more along with two tiger pelts and talismans made from the animal's body parts, on Friday, according to reports.
Forty dead tiger cubs recovered from freezer in Thailand temple
Jun 02, 2016, at 06:21 pm
Bangkok, June 2 (IBNS) Wildlife officials have found 40 tiger cub carcasses in a freezer in Thailand’s Tiger Temple during a raid to remove live animals, The Guardian has reported.
Thailand: Tigers seized from Buddhist temple
May 31, 2016, at 11:09 pm
Kanchanaburi, May 31 (IBNS): Several tigers have been rescued and transferred during raids conducted by officials at the Tiger Temple in Kanchanaburi’s Sai Yok district in Thailand on Monday, media reports said on Tuesday.
Barasingha count in Kaziranga increases by 19
May 14, 2016, at 07:15 pm
Guwahati, May 14 (IBNS) Swamp deer population in Kaziranga National Park (KNP) in Assam has increased in by 19 in the past one year, according to media reports.
New toolkit developed to help zoos create healthy home for chimps
May 12, 2016, at 04:44 am
Birmingham, May 11 (IBNS): University of Birmingham scientists have developed a new online toolkit that could help zookeepers in India to keep their great apes happy, healthy and behaving as they would in the wild.
Seventh rhino poached in Kaziranga, four forest department staff arrested
May 03, 2016, at 12:55 am
Guwahati, May 2 (IBNS) One more rhino has been killed by poachers in Kaziranga National Park in Assam according to media reports on Monday, which has taken up the number of rhinos killed in Assam to eight in 2016 alone.
WTI secures corridor for elephants as villagers voluntarily relocate
May 02, 2016, at 10:00 pm
New Delhi/Guwahati, May 2 (IBNS) A leading nature conservation organisation, the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI), said that its efforts to create an elephant corridor in the Karbi Anglong district of Assam has met with success after villagers of Ram Terang voluntarily relocated out of the corridor.
Pakistan: Bengal tiger dies in Karachi zoo
Apr 30, 2016, at 01:55 am
Karachi, Apr 29 (IBNS) A Bengal tiger died at Karachi Zoological Gardens due to kidney failure on Friday, media reports said.
Injured police horse Shaktimaan dies
Apr 20, 2016, at 11:45 pm
New Delhi, Apr 20 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Police horse Shaktimaan, which was injured during a protest by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Uttarakhand on Mar 14, died on Wednesday.
Rhino killed with AK 47 in Kaziranga National Park
Apr 14, 2016, at 07:36 pm
Kaziranga, Assam, Apr 14 (IBNS) A rhino was killed as poachers struck with assault rifles in the Kaziranga National Park on Wednesday night, the day the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visited the abode of one-horned animals, reports said.
India to join South Asia Wildlife Enforcement Network
Apr 13, 2016, at 07:29 pm
New Delhi, Apr 13 (IBNS) The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has given its approval on Wednesday for India adopting the Statute of the South Asia Wildlife Enforcement Network (SAWEN).
India houses 70 percent of global tiger population: Prakash Javdekar
Apr 13, 2016, at 06:20 pm
New Delhi, Apr 13 (IBNS) As the global population of tigers showed an increase in the recently tabulated report, India's Environment and Forest Minister Prakash Javdekar said that the nation houses 70 percent of the world's tiger.
Global wild Tiger population increases: WWF
Apr 12, 2016, at 03:25 am
New Delhi, Apr 11 (IBNS) The number of wild tigers has been revised to 3,890, based on the best available data, said WWF and the Global Tiger Forum (GTF) ahead of a major tiger conservation meeting tomorrow in New Delhi to be opened by India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Prime Minister Modi to Inaugurate Asia Ministerial Conference on Tiger Conservation on Tuesday
Apr 11, 2016, at 06:17 pm
New Delhi, Apr 11 (IBNS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the three-day Third Asia Ministerial Conference on Tiger Conservation on Tuesday in New Delhi.
New golden frog species discovered in Colombia
Mar 22, 2016, at 02:47 am
New York, Mar 21 (IBNS) A team of scientists including a Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) research associate announced the discovery of a new species of pale-gold colored frog from the cloud forests of the high Andes in Colombia.
Marking World Wildlife Day, UN calls for global actions to save planet’s most iconic species
Mar 04, 2016, at 02:41 pm
New York, Mar 4 (Just Earth News/IBNS): “Time is running out†to end wildlife poaching that threatens some of the world’s most iconic species, such as elephants, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Thursday as the United Nations marked World Wildlife Day.